Hubble wanders over Earth after its release on May 19, 2009, by the team of the Space ShuttleAtlantis The team had actually carried out all prepared jobs throughout 5 spacewalks, making the Servicing Mission 4 (SM4), the 5th astronaut see to the Hubble Space Telescope, an unqualified success. Credit: NASA
The Hubble group effectively recuperated the Advanced Camera for Surveys instrument on November 7. The instrument has actually begun taking science observations as soon as again. Hubble’s other instruments stay in safe mode while NASA continues examining the lost synchronization messages very first spotted on October23 The video camera was chosen as the very first instrument to recuperate as it deals with the least issues ought to a lost message happen.
Over the previous week, the objective group has actually continued examining the origin of the synchronization concerns and has actually seen no extra issues. The group will continue checking out possible short-term services today and establish price quotes for execution. Once this happens, the group will talk about returning the other instruments to functional status and resuming their science observations.
